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Message: <blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 797357" data-attributes="member: 12214">Been there, done that.  There have been times that I have so wanted to make some smart remark to the person but I have done exactly what you did and in the end, got a lot more satisfaction out of knowing I blew the person away with knowledge and experience vs their snobbery about equipment.  I think you run across this attitude just about everywhere in just about every area of expertise, interest, work, hobby, etc.  I have had analogous situations when people see my hand knitted sweaters or socks.  They will say, "Wow, that looks machine made.  You really knitted that?"  A lot of knitters take that as an insult.  I don't.  I thank them for their compliment and chuckle to myself that my knitting is way better than anything a machine could make.</blockquote>